FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville was evacuated and closed after an incident on Monday afternoon, a mall worker told CBS North Carolina.
A witness told CBS North Carolina that he saw a man pull out a gun in the food court area of the mall just before 5 p.m. The witness then heard two gunshots.
Fayetteville Police said that the shots fired report was unconfirmed and that there were no shooting victims and no damage in the mall.
Police added that mall officials made the decision to evacuate the mall, not police.
The Fayetteville Observer reported that there was a report of shots fired in the mall area just before 5 p.m.
The newspaper posted Twitter video that showed gridlock in the parking lot as shoppers tried to leave the mall area on Monday evening.
